9698. Adulteration of butter.     U.  S. v.  333 Boxes  and  667  Cartons  of Butter.
Consent decrees ordering release of product under bond.    (F. D. C. Nos. 
17064, 17372.   Sample Nos. 3228-H, 10134-H.)
LIBELS FILED : August 6 and 17, 1945, Eastern District of Virginia and Western 
District of Pennsylvania.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about March 28 and July 20, 1945, by the Peter Fox 
Sons Co., from Chicago, Ill.
PRODUCT: 333 boxes, each containing 30 or 50 1-pound prints, of butter at Pitts- 
burgh, Pa., and 667 cartons, each containing 30 1-pound prints, of the same 
product at Norfolk, Va. Examination showed that the Pittsburgh lot was de- 
composed, and that the Norfolk lot contained mold.
LABEL, IN PART :    (Portion) "U-Wanthe Best Brand   Creamery Butter.*'
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy or decomposed substance.
DISPOSITION : Peter Fox Sons Co. appeared as claimant and admitted the mate- 
rial allegations of the libels. On October 17,1945, the Pittsburgh lot was ordered 
released under bond for conversion into refined butter oil, and on October 21, 
1945, the Norfolk lot was condemned and ^ordered released under bond for 
similar conversion.